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S 273 114th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Department of the Treasury Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Tax-exempt organizations

A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the intentional discrimination of a person or organization by an employee of the Internal Revenue Service.

Introduced: January 28, 2015 Introduced by: Cruz, Ted Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 29, 2015
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts. Hearings held.
Jan 28, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 28, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 10 years on any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) who willfully acts with the intent to injure, oppress, threaten, intimidate, or single out and subject to undue scrutiny for purposes of harassment any person or organization in any state: (1) based solely or primarily on the political, economic, or social positions held or expressed by such person or organization; or (2) because such person or organization has expressed a particular political, economic, or social position using any words or writing allowed by law.

What's happening now July 29, 2015

Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts. Hearings held.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Lee, Mike
Utah · Feb 2, 2015
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jan 28, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 273: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the intentional discrimination of a person or organization by an employee of the Internal Revenue Service.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-273/
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"S. 273: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the intentional discrimination of a person or organization by an employee of the Internal Revenue Service.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-273/.
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S. 273, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-273/.
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